Here are some of the sketches of the little witch girl I came up with that I created. ...with her glasses and her pet frog.....Some are the first sketches and some are of them now that they are Besties....

I have sold my art for over 20 + years and I started publishing my original 2D art as digi stamps in 2010... I published Glitterella based on the same original characters on SSS site for sale as Digi Stamps in early 2011 as my big eyed art girls and then again in early 2012 as Ella Bella as Ell and Pinkles became Besties ( just as it shows in my registered copyright) from my NEW LINE of ( Ella Bellas Buttons and Bows).....this time with no glasses...
So the little witch and her Pet frog became Ella and PINKles ( With the frog being pink like my pink poodle)

Here she is in color as a Bestie....

These are all the versions of Elle & Pinkles from when she was born in 2005 in my studio!Note all my past work was all reigstered with the Copyright office starting in 2004 on when I sigined my first licensing deals and all my work had to be under legal copyright to get licensed :-) You can find me under Sherri Forrester Baldy if you ever what to look.. :-)A link to just a few of My FILED copyrights :-) http://fightwithyourcopyright.blogspot.com/p/artists-us-copyright-links-to-us.html

************************************************* HERE IS THE WHOLE HISTORY if you should want to take the time to read it :-) XOXO

This is the origin and history of
where my original characters "Ella and PINKles" came from...and when the
original sketches copyrights where created.

Just about 8 years ago now "The Little girl and her Pet Frog" were born on my sketch pad in my studio.

At
the time I was illustrating a number books for different authors of
children books... it was very exciting to be heading into the book and
illustration world with my art. Even though I had already published My
Own! first book " The Land Of the Fablers" I was so thrilled to be
illustrating for others.

As
the years went on and my book illustrating continued... I was asked by
writers to illustrate more and more books.... I am so thrilled to
say, many of the books I illustrated got published, some got awards
like

However,
some of the books never made it to full publication for one reason of
another. That happens a lot with books as we all know....

This is about one of those books that I was commissioned to illustrate 5 years ago....
and about a character I created in 2005

(Gwendalina ~ Glitterella AKA Ella and Pinkles)...

One author contacted me about working with her on a book/story A book called (Gwendalina)...
She said she was thinking of doing a book she was working on and wanted
to use my art in it... and have me illustrate the book for her...

She
(Deb) was the owner of "Beautiful Shops" web site on the web ... A very
well known and popular selling web site at the time...

Deb
(the owner) had seen my art and some of the books that I had
illustrated in the past....
She approached me with an idea to do a story about (a little girl that
played and pretended to be a witch)..... She had no characters created
so it was up to me to create with my style what I would send her...But
she felt like my big eyed girls would be a perfect fit.....

Deb
sent me 3 short pages from her book for me get an idea and feel of the
story line, to help me visualizes and create and develop the charters in
my style of my art ... What came to mind was my little girl with
glasses that I had.. and her pet frog dressing her like a little
witch...

SO! Emails, information and my sketches went back and forth back then.... Good thing I saved them all now :-)

After reading the 3 pages I knew it was a perfect fit... I took the concept and developed with my little girl
with big glasses tipping off her nose and her little pet frog that she
took everywhere with her ... all through the garden naming the flowers
and herbs ....I decided that the frog would be PINK like my line of PINK
Poodles and all my pink mermaid art...I was known for... I sent many pages to Deb for her review....I still have all the originals with the dates.....

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So what happened to the book and why did I end up publishing my art myself......

(The
Author Deb) had some things come up so she put the book on hold .... then
she contacted me and said the book was now off the table...she would not
be doing it at least not at that time.

She released me from the contract on doing the book so I was free to release my art and my characters
I developed as I hold the copyright on my original images ( The little
girl with glasses and her pet frog)... I was free to release them as I
saw fit...

Wednesday, August 21, 2013

"Anything worth having is worth waiting for!" My mother used to tell me that all the time..and Oh Boy! was she right!

I have felt like I was going to burst for the last 8 months...I have held in the secret that I was just bubbling over to tell you! I can now tell you my friends, the wonderful news that has had me so excited and thrilled!....

I was "OVER THE MOON" when I got the notice that said... "We want to create your Besties into "Figurines" and all the more exciting, was that they are for a good cause as well.

You're among the first to see this brand-new item from "The Hamilton
Collection" limited edition of....

"The Hamilton
Collection"

Sherri Baldy~ Besties Of Hope!

"Hope Grows With Love Figurine"

She is a Limited Edition ~ Quantities are limited, so hurry to reserve yours today!